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Sunday, December 09, 2012

Interview Trip ABCs

One fun thing that we like to do on the way home from times away from home is make an ABC list of things that we want to remember (or at least do remember, even if we wish we didn't). It is a fun way to look back at what we have done.

This time, besides doing our big ABC list we decided we should play the ABC memory game. We went around the van and each started with "We've been on the road almost a month and during that time we..." and then listed off everything that had been mentioned before and added something for our letter. It was a fun way to fill an hour on an almost 30 hour drive from Colorado to NY (we did make 2 stops - one in OH to see my brother's family and one in NY to see my grandparents on the way home to break up that 30 hours).

Here is our list from the game of our time away from home:

"We've been in the road for almost a month. During that time we...

Ate at Artic Circle
Saw Bison (and Big horn sheep)
Ate at Culver's (and Chick-fil-a)
Drove through Denver (and Dayton)
Saw grandpa Earl early in the morning [1:30am and 4am actually - Thanks Grandma & Grandpa for hosting us and getting up at crazy hours to let us in!]Far, far, far in our Ford
Grand Junction is gorgeous
Horses galore
Interviews were long
Jon burned the turkey
Kansas was flat
Love is like jello
Mountains are majestic
Naomi was met
Oklahoma is OK
Philips were a blessing
Quesadilla from Estavans (good thing someone ate one or we wouldn't have a Q!)
Reynolds house - our home away from home
Spending money at Sierra Trading Post (securing Steph's job ;)
Tremendous amounts of tortillas tasted
Utah is unique
Van Huesen was Voted a bad word
Wyoming is wonderful
Xavier (and the rest of the Schwindts)
Yak meat was yummy
Z plate - the end to several alphabet games

We played the above game partly because we had played the ABC memory game to make a packing list for our month long trip on our way home from NH a few weeks before we left. It ended up getting pretty silly. We couldn't remember everything from the end of the alphabet and I am SO glad we didn't bring most of this stuff but here's our silly packing list.

"We're going on an interview trip and we're going to bring:
An apple
A Bible
Cake
Dog
Elephant
Fan
Glenn- he's the one interviewing
Holy Spirit to guide us
Iguana
Jet
Kangaroo
Lion
Mess cleaner upper
Nail clippers
Oklahoma- all of it
Pizza
Quail
R
S
Ties
Umbrella
Vet - to take care of the animals
Water
X
Y
Zebra

And... last but not least... here's our big ABC list. It is not complete, I am sure. We started it just after the missions conference so we have a bit from then but then didn't add to it again until after the last interview... so here's what we have. So grateful for the opportunity to have a quick look at our country and some great residency programs. Here's a few words to spark our memories. Feel free to ask if you want details ;)